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The v4l2_subdev_link_validate() helper function is meant to be used as a drop-in implementation of a V4L2 subdev entity .link_validate() handler. It supports subdev-to-subdev links only, and complains if one end of the link is not a subdev. This forces drivers that have video output devices connected to subdevs to implement a custom .link_validate() handler, calling v4l2_subdev_link_validate() for the subdev-to-subdev links, and performing manual link validation for the video-to-subdev links. Video devices embed a media entity, and therefore also have a .link_validate() operation. For video capture devices, the operation should be manually implemented by drivers for validate the subdev-to-video links. For video output devices, on the other hand, that operation is never called, as link validation is performed in the context of the sink entity. As a result, we end up forcing drivers to implement a custom .link_validate() handler for subdevs connected to video output devices, when the video devices provide an operation that could be used for that purpose. To improve that situation, make v4l2_subdev_link_validate() delegate link validation to the source's .link_validate() operation when the link source is a video device and the link sink is a subdev. This allows broader usage of v4l2_subdev_link_validate(), and simplifies drivers by making video device link validation easy to implement in the video device .link_validate(), regardless of whether the video device is an output device or a capture device. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com> Reviewed-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen+renesas@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.